dictionary help| miner's lung --> anthracosis | medical dictionary |
Pneumonoconiosis from accumulation of carbon from inhaled smoke or coal dust in the lungs.
See: pneumomelanosis.
Synonyms: collier's lung, melanedema, miner's lung.
Origin: anthraco-+ G. -osis, condition
(05 Mar 2000)
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